 Water Rhapsody Conservation Systems are the leaders in Greywater garden irrigation and Rainwater Harvesting systems in South Africa. Established in 1994 with offices nation wide and over 3500 installations Water Rhapsody will be there to secure your water concerns.Contact Water Rhapsody. | The City of Cape Town on Thursday said it hopes an increase in water and sanitation tariffs will encourage users to conserve water. From Friday 1 July ratepayers’ monthly water bills will be going up by about eight percent. Deputy Mayor Ian Nielson said some of the money will be spent on upgrading treatment works. [...] Poor effluent quality is being discharged as a result of inadequate treatment during upgrading of the plant,presenting a significant risk to public health and the environment [...] The number of water authorities in South Africa to achieve Blue Drop certification for providing clean,safe water has leapt from 38 to 66 over the past year. [...] At schools,the largest water users are typically toilets. This is as the toilets are constantly being flushed by the numerous students that attend classes. Due to the large volumes of traffic,even just a small repeated single use reduction amounts to a significant saving at month end. [...] Western Cape Dam levels are 10% down from this time last year. Should this situation continue this will have dire consequences on towns and cities across the Western Cape,particularly the City of Cape Town. Dam River FSC Last Week This Week Last Year Berg River dam Berg River 127.1 65.3 74.2 100.6 Brandvlei Dam [...] Cape Town is turning to greywater systems to reduce their potable water consumption as a result of growing interest in water savings and concerns over the long-term effects of droughts or water price increase. [...] Water shortages have been a problem for the country’s oldest city since Jan van Riebeeck arrived. [...] The available water for Cape Town will be fully utilised by 2019 as a result of both population and economic growth [...] The department called on Cape Town residents to use water more sparingly [...] Dams supplying water to the City of Cape Town are at their lowest in 4 years. Even with higher than normal rain over May. [...] |   |
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